(a) The board shall grant a permit to engage in the practice of public accounting to a firm with an office in the state that applies to the board as a firm of certified public accountants if the firm meets the following requirements:
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.04.240
action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) more than one-half of the ownership of the firm belongs to certified public accountants of this or another state in good standing;(2) an individual who is a certified public accountant or has a practice privilege, who is responsible for supervising attest functions or compilation services in the firm , and who signs or authorizes another person to sign an accountant’s report on financial statements on behalf of the firm meets the competency requirements established by the board under Alaska Stat. § 08.04.423;(3) an individual who signs or authorizes another person to sign an accountant’s report on financial statements on behalf of the firm meets the competency requirements established by the board under Alaska Stat. § 08.04.423; and(4) each owner who is personally engaged in this state in the practice of public accounting as a member of the firm and whose principal place of business is in this state is a certified public accountant of this state in good standing.(b) [Repealed by 2022 amendment.] (c) [Repealed by 2022 amendment.] (d) [Repealed by 2022 amendment.] (e) [Repealed by 2022 amendment.] (f) An initial permit issued under (a) or (k) of this section lasts for the remainder of the biennial licensing period during which the initial permit was granted.(g) The board shall renew a permit granted under (a) or (k) of this section or a renewal issued under this subsection if
(1) the permittee maintains all of the licensee’s offices that are located in this state as required by Alaska Stat. § 08.04.360 and 08.04.370;(2) each individual who is required by (a) or (k) of this section to be a certified public accountant of this state complies with the continuing education requirements of Alaska Stat. § 08.04.425 and the peer review requirements of Alaska Stat. § 08.04.426; and(3) the permittee complies with the requirements of this chapter.(h) A partnership holding a permit issued under former Alaska Stat. § 08.04.330 – 08.04.340 on June 29, 1980, qualifies for a permit under this section as long as each partner personally engaged in the practice of public accounting in this state holds a license or permit under Alaska Stat. § 08.04.661.(i) For the purposes of issuing a permit under this section, a firm may include owners who are not certified public accountants if
(1) the firm designates a certified public accountant or an individual with practice privileges to be responsible for the proper registration of the entity and identifies the certified public accountant or individual to the board;(2) all of the owners of the firm who are not certified public accountants are active individual participants in the firm or in an entity affiliated with the firm; and(3) the firm complies with the other requirements that the board may adopt by regulation to protect the public interest as described under Alaska Stat. § 08.04.005.(j) If the ownership of a firm , after the firm has received or renewed a permit, does not comply with (i) of this section, the firm shall take corrective action to comply with (i) of this section within a reasonable time after the noncompliance begins. The board shall establish by regulation the criteria to determine what is a reasonable time and may base the regulation on national standards.(k) The board shall grant a permit to engage in the practice of public accounting to a firm that does not have an office in the state but provides, or offers to provide, attest functions in the state, if the firm meets the following requirements:
(1) the firm meets the requirements of (a)(1) of this section;(2) the firm complies with the requirements in Alaska Stat. § 08.04.426;(3) the attest functions performed by the firm in the state are performed by an individual who is a certified public accountant of this state in good standing or who has a practice privilege; and(4) the firm holds a permit to engage in the practice of public accounting in good standing in the jurisdiction in which the principal office of the firm is maintained.
